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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

In the climate world, aviation is referred to as a hard-to-abate sector, alongside other heavy industries — shipping, aluminum, cement and concrete, among others — that aren’t easy to decarbonize through redesign or electrification. body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

Restrictions, Brexit regulations, a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, extreme weather events and energy shortages impacted supply chains and prevented firms to meet their demand. ESG trends in 2022: Net-Zero ambition. As a result, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges.

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The music industry changes its tune on climate change

Corporate Knights

Agreeing to work collectively, the pact includes a commitment from each signatory to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 and achieve a 50% reduction by 2030. With a quantifiable number, they then built in the price of carbon offsets supporting the Medford Spring Grassland Conservation Project in Bent County, Colorado.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

Canadian LNG producers have long had their eye on Article 6, a deeply contentious, nine-paragraph section of the Paris deal meant to support international carbon trading as a way to drive down emissions. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?